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communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; ) is a small city in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Charente, of which it is the Prefectures of France, prefecture. Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...

. It is located in the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, and also the r ...

department, in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, southwestern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It was created in January 2017.Arrêté préfectoral
16 December 2016. Its seat is in Angoulême.CA du Grand Angoulême
BANATIC, accessed 12 November 2024. Its population was 141,367 in 2017, of which 41,740 in Angoulême proper.Comparateur de territoire
Insee. Accessed 16 April 2021.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 38 communes: #

# Asnières-sur-Nouère # Balzac #

Bouëx Bouëx is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025. The co ...

Brie Brie ( ; ) is a soft cow's-milk cheese named after Brie (itself from Gaulish ''briga'', "hill, height"), the French region from which it originated (roughly corresponding to the modern of Seine-et-Marne). It is pale in colour with a slight gre ...

# Champniers # Claix #

La Couronne Fourteen ships of the French Navy or the Galley Corps (which was separate from the Navy) of the Ancien Régime or Empire have borne the name ''Couronne'' ("crown"): * , the first major warship to be built in France – actually launched in 1632/33 ...

# Dignac #

Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac ( ; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English mathematician and theoretical physicist who is considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodyna ...

Fléac Fléac () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025. The ...

# Garat #

Gond-Pontouvre Gond-Pontouvre () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is about 3 km north of the centre of Angoulême. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 commun ...

L'Isle-d'Espagnac L'Isle-d'Espagnac () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January ...

# Jauldes # Linars #

Magnac-sur-Touvre Magnac-sur-Touvre () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January ...

# Marsac # Mornac #

Mouthiers-sur-Boëme Mouthiers-sur-Boëme (, literally ''Mouthiers on Boëme'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department References

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# Nersac # Plassac-Rouffiac # Puymoyen # Roullet-Saint-Estèphe #

Ruelle-sur-Touvre Ruelle-sur-Touvre is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population International relations The commune has been twinned with Amstetten, Lower Austria since 1972 and Banbridge in Northern Ireland since 1994. See al ...

# Saint-Michel # Saint-Saturnin #

Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (; ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on ...

Sers Sers may refer to: * Sers, Armenia * Sers, Charente, France * Sers, Hautes-Pyrénées, France * Sers, Tunisia SERS may refer to: * Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy or surface-enhanced Raman scatter ...

Sireuil Sireuil () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department References

Communes of Charente {{Angoulême-geo-stub ...

Soyaux Soyaux ( or ) is a commune in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population Notable people * Bruno Périer (born 1966), former professional footballer Sights * Sentier botanique de Soyaux ...

# Torsac #

Touvre Touvre () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025. The ...

# Trois-Palis # Vindelle #

Vœuil-et-Giget Vœuil-et-Giget () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2 ...

Voulgézac Voulgézac () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 359 communes of the Charente department of France on 1 January 2025. ...

# Vouzan

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